Informational letters regarding housing placement will be mailed on July 1st, 2015.

While there is no deadline to submit a housing contract, students will be assigned to rooms based on a "first come, first served" basis. Students residing in university housing are required to be on a board (meal) plan.

Instructions for filling out on-line contract:

To sign up for Housing at Washburn University you must submit a housing application to Residential Living and pay a $300 deposit. To do this please follow the steps below:

Look for the box on the screen that says Residential Living and click the Submit Housing Application link

Fill out the application, click Submit Application

If 17 years of age or under, click View Contract, print it out, Sign and date the contract and send to Residential Living.

To pay deposit:

Return to your My Washburn Account, still on the Students tab looking in the Residential Living box, click on the Pay Housing Deposit link

On the new screen the click WU-View button

Click on the Deposits tab

Use the scroll down menu to select the term you will be paying the deposit for and click Select

Use the scroll down menu to select Housing/Damage Deposit and click Select

Click Make Deposit Payment

Select your payment method and click Continue

Fill out the information and click Continue

Look over the information and click Submit Payment

If you must make a change to your Residential Living Contract, please e-mail resliving@washburn.edu, with those changes before June 1st. If you'd like to cancel your contract and receive your full $300 deposit, please e-mail resliving@washburn.edu before June 1st.

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Washburn's mascot, the Ichabod, honors the school's early benefactor, Ichabod Washburn, a 19th century Massachusetts industrialist. The original design of the studious-looking, tuxedo-clad figure was created in 1938 by Bradbury Thompson (ba '34), who became an internationally acclaimed graphic artist. Design wasn't Thompson's only consideration. To the stylized Ichabod the artist attributed the qualities of "...courage and enthusiasm, as shown by his brisk walk. He is democratic and courteous, for he tips his hat as he passes. Sincere in his search for truth and knowledge, he studiously carries a book under his arm..."